Made progress in the film industry? (9)
I believe the answer is:
developed
'made progress in the film industry?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'made progress' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'progress' could be 'develop' (I've seen this before) and 'develop' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for developed that I've seen before include "complex perhaps" , "Grew, progressed, evolved" , "Like film suitable for viewing" , "Caught" , "mature" .)